City tackling safety issues first, with effort expected to take several weeks; debris on private property is owner’s responsibility
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EMC outages remain a problem
Nearly 4,000 customers in Fayette, Coweta heading into 3rd day of no power
Nearly 1,800 homes in Fayette County and 2,200 homes in Coweta County — all served by Coweta-Fayette EMC — remain without power early Friday afternoon. Many, if not all of them are going into their third day in a row with no power and most importantly no heat as the temperatures that led to the ice storm blanketing the area Wednesday have remained cold.
Comparatively, Georgia Power has a handful of outages scattered around Coweta and Fayette counties, according to data on the company’s web site at 1:15 p.m. Friday.
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Rapson: Fayette ready for district voting changes
Qualifying starts in three short weeks for two seats on both the county commission and board of education, but the short time frame is not expected to cause a problem for district voting to be implemented in Fayette County this year, according to County Administrator Steve Rapson.
Elections staff will have to manually look up a candidate’s address to confirm they live in the appropriate new district, Rapson said.
A new voting district map could be approved as early as next week, as the federal judge in the district voting case will conduct a Feb. 18 hearing on the court-proposed map.
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Faith community preps to aid in responding to disasters
t is a disaster that no community wants to see. But it happened last year in Adairsville when an F3 tornado leveled portions of the northwest Georgia city. Former Adairsville City Manager Pat Crook and Bartow County EMA Director Paul Cuprowski presented the circumstances of the tornado’s aftermath at the annual Fayette County Faith-based Disaster Network meeting held Feb. 8 at New Hope Baptist Church. The presentation was a primer on the effective role churches can play in disaster response.
It was in January 2013 that an F3 tornado tore through a portion of Adairsville in Bartow County.
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Social media now part of disaster responses
The advent of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media have established a role in everyday communications and are being used by church groups during disasters. The role of social media during such events was a topic at the annual Fayette County Faith-based Disaster Network Conference held Feb. 8 at New Hope Baptist Church.
The presentation on the use of social media by faith-based organizations during times of disaster was made by Ga. Dept of Public Health District 4 Risk Communicator Hayla Folden and Monroe County EMA Director Matt Perry.
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F’ville progresses on westside sewer construction
Work on the installation of Fayetteville’s sewer lines from the area of Ga. Highway 54 just east of Piedmont Fayette Hospital to the new Pinewood Atlanta Studios property is ongoing and, despite bouts of inclement weather, is expected to be completed in 30-45 days.
The $1.6 million sewer project will tie the city’s sewer system to the 288-acre Pinewood Atlanta Studios property now under development along Veterans Parkway and Sandy Creek Road. That property, along with a total of approximately 1,200 acres, was annexed into the city last September.
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Sup’t. to make decision on snow days
A decision will be made in the coming weeks by the Fayette County School System to address the school days to be made up as a result of the winter storm that hit during the last week of January.
With several weeks of winter remaining and the potential existing for additional winter storms like the one forecast this week, Superintendent Jody Barrow on Feb. 4 said he would make the decision on make-up days once he has more solid information to act on.
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Fayette BoE sets budget timelines
It may be the dead of winter, but timelines are already in place for the 2014-2015 budget that will be adopted by the Fayette County Board of Education in June.
Assistant Superintendent of Business and Personnel Management Tom Gray at the Jan. 27 school board meeting provided an overview of the significant timelines necessary to have the budget in place and adopted on June 16.
Gray said preliminary revenue estimates began on Feb. 1, with preliminary budget allotments to schools based on projected enrollment. The school board in February will be updated on preliminary revenue estimates.
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Preparing to sand those icy roads
Fayette County Public Works was busy Monday loading sand and salt destined for the roadways in the county and cities in preparation for the mid-week ice storm. Driver Harvey West is set to dump a load of sand as Eddie McEachern (at right) looks on. Photo/Ben Nelms.
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Developer: New Hwy. 54W light necessary ‘to get quality tenants’
One of the reasons the Peachtree City Council tabled voting on a request for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West last week was due to a lack of familiarity with the traffic study presented by Trinity Development.
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